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Job Opportunity: Trade Repairs Team - Mansfield District Council
Mansfield District Council has an exciting opportunity for someone to join their trade repairs team based at Mansfield Woodhouse to gain first-hand experience of day-to-day maintenance tasks whilst undertaking a Gas - Plumbing Apprenticeship.
Wage
- £15,392 a year. The first 6 months will be paid at Apprenticeship rate (£8.00), followed by National Minimum Wage rate (dependent on age) for the remainder of the apprenticeship.
- Up to 45 days per year including bank holidays (pro rata for part time)
Training Course
- Gas engineering operative (level 3)
Hours
- 37 hours a week
Start Date
- Tuesday 1 September 2026
Duration
- 3 years
Positions Available
- 1
What you'll do at work
- Undertake on-site training alongside a qualified engineer to install, repair, service, and maintain domestic heating systems, hot/cold water systems, central heating, above-ground drainage, and rainwater systems.
- Assist with accurate measuring, marking, cutting, bending, and jointing of metallic and non-metallic pipework and fittings.
- Develop the technical knowledge to support the team with boiler servicing, appliance maintenance, plant room improvements, water heaters, and commercial gas appliances.
- Understand support, installation and maintenance of green environmental technologies, including heat pumps, solar thermal systems, biomass boilers, and water recycling setups.
- Assist the team with planned preventative maintenance (PPM) schedules, gas safety compliance checks, and reactive repairs within set time frames to meet statutory requirements.
- Carry out general plumbing duties and alterations to pipework while learning to identify, manage, and mitigate legionella and asbestos risks.
- Accurately complete required college documentation, coursework, and workplace logs to specified deadlines, attending regular progress reviews with the apprentice advisor.
- Maintain, clean, and verify the safety of any allocated transport, tools, uniform, and personal protective equipment (PPE) supplied by the council.
- Minimise disruption, mess, and dust to the customer’s home, ensuring all properties are left in a clean, tidy, and safe condition upon completion of works.
- Proactively manage and load coursework, assignments, and evidence logs onto college monitoring platforms (e.g., Smart Assessor) within designated deadlines.
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Where you'll work
- Vale Road
- Mansfield Woodhouse
- Mansfield
- NG19 8EB
What you'll learn
Course contents:
- Comply with health and safety practices.
- Install and commission a range of primary appliances, for example central heating boilers, gas cookers, space heaters.
- Install and commission a range of secondary appliances, for example laundry appliances, water heaters and gas meters (not exceeding 6m3 in capacity).
- Carry out testing and safety checks applicable to the appliance chimney or flue type.
- Carry out routine maintenance and servicing of appliances and components.
- Identify and rectify faults in appliances and components.
- Decommission appliances and systems.
- Isolate the electrical supply to the appliance.
- Conduct electrical safety checks pre- and post-work.
- Undertake and document risk assessments.
- Source, read and follow technical documentation associated with equipment and installation requirements.
- Select, use and maintain tools, equipment and test instrumentation.
- Select and use personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Check and action inspection records and schedules.
- Identify unsafe situations or conditions and take action under IGEM G/11 Gas industry unsafe situations procedure.
- Use digital technology to access job, appliance and customer information.
- Complete and maintain work records including appliance and customer data in accordance with General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
- Communicate verbally with customers, including the provision of guidance on energy and efficiency measures specific to the appliance or system being worked on.
- Recycle, reuse, return defective components and dispose of waste.
- Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
- Apply equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
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Training schedule: The successful candidate will undertake college-based training with West Nottinghamshire College and must be able to attend all required training sessions.
Requirements
Essential qualifications:
- GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills:
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this employer
Mansfield District Council provides a wide range of services across the district. By joining us you will be helping to contribute towards making the Mansfield district a better place to work and live. The Council's vision is to create a more positive image of the area of Mansfield district to develop people, businesses and investment in the area. We also want to improve confidence, pride and dignity so that everyone can enjoy a good quality of life in their neighbourhoods and communities.
Company benefits
- Local Government pension scheme
- Personal Development
- Discounted leisure facilities
- Retail discounts
- Free eye tests
- Cycle to work scheme
- Health and well-being.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Full-time position upon completion of apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is: WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000043399.
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